Say Goodbye to FeedBurner and Hello to FeedPress

It appears to have been neglected for years, and the RSS service doesn’t seem to fit anywhere into the Google+ ecosystem. That can only mean one thing. It will go the way of the Dodo bird Google Reader.

There is hope for publishers who want to make their content available via RSS, though – and it comes in the form of a service called FeedPress.

Best alternative to FeedBurner

FeedPress isn’t just the best alternative to FeedBurner – it’s better than FeedBurner.

FeedPress has all of the features that FeedBurner has, along with several more features. It also has a cleaner and more modern UI/UX.

Features that will be familiar to FeedBurner users include:

Subscriber analytics

Customizable hostname

Subscriber counters

Customizable newsletter

Display tracking

Click tracking

Podcasts tracking

Newsletter subscriber export (FeedPress also supports importing)

FeedPress makes its service even better by including additional features that aren’t available from FeedBurner, like:

File and JSON API

White labeling

Social network sharing

Dropbox export

WordPress plugin

Piwik plugin

Mint plugin

One of its coolest features is the ability to view realtime logs and troubleshoot my feed.

I’ve been using the service for several weeks and so far it works great. Installation was incredibly simple, especially with the WordPress plugin.

And deleting your feed on FeedBurner is simple because you have the option to have a permanent redirect to your source feed when you cancel it. I like it so much that Raven is now using FeedPress for our blog feed (subscribe now!).

Here’s a tutorial from FeedPress on how to migrate your feeds over from Feedburner:

To access all of the features FeedPress offers, you will need to sign up for the Premium account. It’s only $3/mo (or $30 a year) so it won’t break anyone’s bank. They are also actively developing it, and plan to add notifications (emails and webhooks) in the near future.